Editing Marcellus Township, Michigan (section)

== Geography ==
Marcellus Township is located in the northeast corner of Cass County in southwestern Michigan. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|90.3|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|86.0|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|4.4|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 4.82%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2602751480| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212161152/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2602751480| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Marcellus township, Cass County, Michigan| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=August 29, 2014}}</ref> There are 15 named lakes in the township, the largest of which is Fish Lake in the northwest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=42.02543,-85.81000&z=14&t=T| title=Marcellus, MI| publisher=Acme Mapper| accessdate=August 29, 2014}}</ref> The Rocky River, a tributary of the [[St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)|St. Joseph River]], rises near the western border of the township and flows east towards [[Three Rivers, Michigan|Three Rivers]].

According to the Cass County Road Commission, there was a total of {{convert|15.60|mi}} of primary road and {{convert|46.50|mi}} of local road in the township of Marcellus, as of December 31, 2008.<ref>[http://www.casscoroad.com/marcellus.htm Cass County Road Commission (Marcellus Township)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827161659/http://www.casscoroad.com/marcellus.htm |date=2008-08-27 }}</ref>